Day-by-Day / April 24, 1804

April 24, 1804

Missing pay

The captains work in St. Louis while at winter camp across the Mississippi, the military routine is managed by Sgt. Ordway. An undated note written near this date discusses the missing pay of Pvt. Whitehouse.

At St. Louis

Sundy, mon: & Tuesday, at St Louis
William Clark

Missing Pay

[April 1804]

Memorandom of Artecles which may be wanting

. . . .

Jo. Whitehouse says that Mr. Whitlock has in his possession two months pay of his for the months of Feby. & March 1804. Mr. Pike gave a certificate to Mr. Whilock to that amt. Mr. Whitlock says he cannot pay Whitehouse.[2]Clark to Lewis. Written in Clark’s hand with Lewis’s responses set here in italics. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd … Continue reading

 

Weather Diary

Thermometr. at sun symbol rise Weather Wind at Sunrise Thermometr. at 4 oClock Weather Wind at 4 oClock River
44 above [0] fair N. W. 52 above fair N W. rise 8 in.

Meriwether Lewis[3]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

Notes

Notes
1 Lewis & Clark State Historic Site, http://www.campdubois.com.
2 Clark to Lewis. Written in Clark’s hand with Lewis’s responses set here in italics. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 175.
3 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

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